tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17595123589400626292024-03-14T13:23:25.929+11:00Rach-V2.0A transformation in progressRach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-20982387456408553632014-12-01T23:07:00.002+11:002014-12-01T23:12:24.179+11:00Remember this ...The most significant person in my life right now is my big sister. I know this because only she can reduce me to real heartfelt tears.<br>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"<a href="http://rach-v2.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/time-has-come-walrus-said.html?m=0" target="_blank">The time has come," the Walrus said,"To talk of many things:Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--Of cabbages--and kings--And why the sea is boiling hot--And whether pigs have wings.</a>"</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It's time to start again, to continue this transformation, to make my life the best possible version of me it can be. </span><br>
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Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0West Melbourne West Melbourne-37.806328 144.909875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-46062766784264772262014-02-03T07:16:00.001+11:002014-02-03T07:16:40.750+11:00Round 1 2014 .... Day 1Time to kick another 20kg .... 12 weeks & one determined girl with a huge CAN DO attitude !!! <div><br></div><div>Watch this space :) </div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-34527479141203876402013-12-13T23:45:00.001+11:002013-12-13T23:45:25.234+11:00She's baaaaaaack!So I got my gym mojo back last week. <div>I'm loving body balance, yoga & swimming. I also started back at weight training ... It hurts & I love it :) </div><div><br></div><div>Good to be back at it! </div><div>Girl got mojo ! </div><div><br></div><div>:)</div><div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TDYDDvwaXPM/UqsBYQBNnRI/AAAAAAAABT8/UOAWdQo_s_w/s640/blogger-image--1071045892.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-TDYDDvwaXPM/UqsBYQBNnRI/AAAAAAAABT8/UOAWdQo_s_w/s640/blogger-image--1071045892.jpg"></a></div></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-1712125596408792902013-09-02T11:28:00.000+10:002013-09-02T11:29:44.677+10:00The other side of success. So it's been a long time since I last posted. I think about doing it a lot. Life happened. this is a bit about why... I've been embarrassed.... but it's time to say it out loud. it's for my 12WBT 30+crew.<br />
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I want to share the other side of success. </div>
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For those you don’t know me … I’m one of your admins here. I’ve
been on the 12WBT philosophy for 16 months . 4 official Rounds with 12WBT. Start
weight was 206kg. I lost 65Kg in 1 year. </div>
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Current Weight 146.6kg.</div>
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Yup I gained weight…. Current loss 59.4Kg</div>
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It started about 6-8 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>weeks ago-I was 141kg – 2kg off cracking the
140’s I was ecstatic!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Then it happened I gained 5kg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew what it was- eating portions
increased- training decreased. </div>
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Then I gained another 3kg.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>bringing the gain to 8kg. I was sitting on 149.3 and thinking I’m less
than<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1kg from being back to 150Kg. that
figure that I struggled with for months to crack. </div>
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How could I of let this happen? I’d lost 65kg, just 5 off
70kg… I was so proud of the changes I’d made, the interest in Nutrition, the freedom
feeling of running…. Where did it go wrong?</div>
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I stopped and thought a lot about it. I remembered the very
most important thing about weight loss. It’s not diet. It’s not training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not organisation or shopping lists. It’s
my brain. My mindset.my thought pattern.</div>
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Something personal had happened in my life at that
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then another, and another…. Until
the focus of positive wellbeing had literally been shoved in the corner of a
room to die a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>slow death. </div>
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I found comfort in chocolate. In wine. In big portions of
food. In couch laying. In misery. </div>
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I was turning back into the old me. </div>
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So last week I sat myself down and had a good talking to.
(always an interesting thing to do ) I decided to stop wallowing. To start
believing in me again. To make small and large goals. To remind myself WHY I do
what I do. To remind myself of the toxic crap I’ve been eating. To remind
myself that by overeating I’m growing my shrunken stomach. To look at myself I the
mirror and see the loose skin, and saggy body, and remember why it now looks
like this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cause I once believed in me. In
the things I could achieve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To believe I’m
WORTH more than I was giving myself credit for. To remind me to LOVE me. </div>
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I’m far from perfect. I hope I’m never perfect. I’ve
evolving daily and I love me like that. </div>
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I’ve lost 2.5 of those 8kg this week. I’m not sure how.
Belief? Trust? Hope? Love …..?</div>
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I don’t have the answer or the tricks to hand on to all of
us that struggle. I just know you have to belief in yourself. Give yourself a
sense of WORTH. Know that you are capable of bigger and better things than right
now…. It’ll take time-<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so give yourself
that gift.</div>
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I lost 65kg in a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I gained 8kg in 2 months. I will lose the next 50+KG over 2-3 years. </div>
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Be gentle to yourself. Be reasonable. Be hopeful. Be active.
Be positive. </div>
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Be You. </div>
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xxxxx</div>
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Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-90846143896320745322013-07-22T22:58:00.001+10:002013-07-22T22:58:32.505+10:00This makes me smile...<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Sometimes I forget how far along my transformation I've come ... When you look in the mirror you forget who you once were. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Time to remember to celebrate the little and the big wins </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">:)<a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EYCLn9X9KsY/Ue0sdWT38DI/AAAAAAAABHc/DtPlR8f88wA/s640/blogger-image--668005421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-EYCLn9X9KsY/Ue0sdWT38DI/AAAAAAAABHc/DtPlR8f88wA/s640/blogger-image--668005421.jpg"></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-6108662825734718982013-07-09T23:33:00.001+10:002013-07-09T23:33:09.536+10:00It's in my head...Head shit is the worst. It harder to loose than weight. Yup that's right- HARDER. <div><br></div><div>It's been an epic few weeks in the life of me... For a lot of reasons, mostly because certain situations have had me looking deeper at my head noise & for me that can often be destructive. </div><div><br></div><div>It's made me stop. Pause. Be still tonight. Reflect. Enjoy & smile. </div><div><br></div><div>Am I happy ? </div><div>For the most part yes I am. I am happy right now, but I'm human & an Aries :/ so yes I over think all the time, turn ok into bad, bad into mad, mad into destructive. </div><div><br></div><div>There's a pain in my head that's not physical.... It's mental. It's a pain that the new me can make disappear. With great thought & meditation, relaxation & rationalization. </div><div><br></div><div>It's a work in progress. I AM a work in progress. 2 steps forward ... 1/2 a step back, 1 step sideways & I'm back on track. </div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow is a brand new day. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mtq-Uhha2ZA/UdwREukDQCI/AAAAAAAABGw/5aIjzKm2QL8/s640/blogger-image-675734127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-mtq-Uhha2ZA/UdwREukDQCI/AAAAAAAABGw/5aIjzKm2QL8/s640/blogger-image-675734127.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-49056083151561890702013-07-09T23:25:00.001+10:002013-07-09T23:25:34.695+10:00I'm fucking awesome & so are you !!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There's a meme doing the rounds on Facebook, so I decided to chime in ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VXJkkqivbGs/UdwPSiRWkyI/AAAAAAAABGg/zHRQosVeKeE/s640/blogger-image-1286788925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VXJkkqivbGs/UdwPSiRWkyI/AAAAAAAABGg/zHRQosVeKeE/s640/blogger-image-1286788925.jpg"></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-49730822630771409862013-06-11T12:42:00.001+10:002013-06-11T12:42:51.404+10:00Thought for the day...<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RpPkltgoDJs/UbaOp0llLeI/AAAAAAAABE4/2oeLttpules/s640/blogger-image--308294127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RpPkltgoDJs/UbaOp0llLeI/AAAAAAAABE4/2oeLttpules/s640/blogger-image--308294127.jpg"></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-80945938110719307582013-06-05T07:41:00.001+10:002013-06-05T07:41:36.789+10:00365 days of winning!!!Happy fitaversary to me !!<br />
365 days done & dusted !!!<br />
-64kg<br />
- 7 dress sizes!<br />
- head crap<br />
++++++ LIFE!!!!!<br />
WINNING!!! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EaYkePmQkO0/Ua5fDj-zZ9I/AAAAAAAABEo/Q6PtgiwST98/s640/blogger-image-2096026687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-EaYkePmQkO0/Ua5fDj-zZ9I/AAAAAAAABEo/Q6PtgiwST98/s640/blogger-image-2096026687.jpg" /></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-64544180975967671962013-05-24T08:12:00.001+10:002013-05-24T08:12:27.529+10:00I'm me on the outside too !Finally I'm starting to look like the me I am in the inside, outside :) <br />
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WINNING! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oG5pxNTae5I/UZ6UQnGS_9I/AAAAAAAABEY/0lPewTes-ws/s640/blogger-image-567932761.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oG5pxNTae5I/UZ6UQnGS_9I/AAAAAAAABEY/0lPewTes-ws/s640/blogger-image-567932761.jpg" /></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-27780563530425335542013-05-17T14:05:00.001+10:002013-05-17T14:05:15.287+10:00It's not just a ring... it's a source of power!the 2nd time i walked Mount panorama i bought a ring from a cute shop in Bathurst.<br />
If you read <a href="http://rach-v2.blogspot.com/2012/12/mount-panorama-take-2.html" target="_blank">this post </a>you'll know it looks like this...<br />
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Unfortunately the ring was only silver coated and it wasn't too long before it turned tarnished. It led me to thinking about a custom ring. a ring of power and freedom. A ring that would remind me of a path I'm on, and the distance traveled, and the fun times that lie ahead. A ring that will remind me to challenge my self creatively & to try new things.A ring to remind me how strong i am to change my life in such a dramatic way, inside and out.<br />
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And so it was born....<br />
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My beautiful POWER ring is Stirling silver... I've had it for about 3 weeks now, and i wear it every day.<br />
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It Reads...</div>
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Illuminate Passion</div>
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Paradise is where i am</div>
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Peace</div>
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Imagination</div>
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JOY</div>
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Life</div>
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Love</div>
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Spirit</div>
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Courage</div>
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Saving My Life </div>
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On the back it has Roman numerals for my start weight & My first major goal weight.<br />
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Thank you to Ulli of<a href="http://www.ullijewellery.com/" target="_blank"> </a><span style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><a href="http://www.ullijewellery.com/" target="_blank">Ulli Jewellery</a> who worked with me to design my special ring.</span>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-34250068622228004102013-05-17T10:39:00.001+10:002013-05-17T10:40:53.760+10:00365 days to freedomSo it's been almost a year since I started my healthy lifestyle change and I'm halfway to my first major goal.<br />
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Today I decided to start a different kind of 365 day challenge, one that will challenge my carer, and offer my freedom. <br />
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Mission 1:- what does freedom mean to you? <br />
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Freedom to me is living on my own terms, running a successful business using my creative talents to earn a living and smiling everyday I do it. A perk of this freedom doe me is, in turn i get to help make other people happy too :)<br />
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Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-27413615961958367042013-05-17T09:45:00.001+10:002013-05-17T09:45:43.578+10:00I am good enough! <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-khS4bLYUpE8/UZVvo8PMkPI/AAAAAAAABCg/29MjvT-X91g/s640/blogger-image-1402745960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-khS4bLYUpE8/UZVvo8PMkPI/AAAAAAAABCg/29MjvT-X91g/s640/blogger-image-1402745960.jpg" /></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-10700514821007992392013-04-27T11:26:00.001+10:002013-04-27T11:26:08.935+10:00Believe in me, I do.... <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zP4tS3UxsNs/UXspLkvQRgI/AAAAAAAABAg/83-5LBNDGzg/s640/blogger-image--1867734669.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-zP4tS3UxsNs/UXspLkvQRgI/AAAAAAAABAg/83-5LBNDGzg/s640/blogger-image--1867734669.jpg" /></a></div>Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-11113117676115342762013-04-16T11:14:00.000+10:002013-05-17T13:16:25.991+10:00Happy birthday to me Yup another year gone..... and I'm the lightest I've been in years on my birthday ... light of both Mind and body.<br />
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My 34th is going to be a good one i can tell :)<br />
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Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-86038193629968322772013-04-14T00:43:00.000+10:002013-04-14T00:43:14.850+10:00Making the impossible, Possible....Week 9 Round 1 2013 challenge....<br />
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<br />Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-24899754970913911002013-04-11T13:29:00.000+10:002013-05-17T11:11:29.106+10:00Saving my life... & a funny thing happened on the way to work....With only a few days till my birthday and a few KG's off hitting -60kg loss, i decided it was time to get cracking on my -50kg loss present to myself!<br />
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I've been planning this gift to myself for a while now, but for those of you who read my blog, you'll know my "mantra" is - "saving my life" Ive<a href="http://rach-v2.blogspot.nl/2012/07/reality-check-and-just-what-i-needed.html" target="_blank"> blogged it</a>, and <a href="http://rach-v2.blogspot.nl/search/label/vlog" target="_blank">Vloged it</a>, and i stand by it daily... so what better a reminder of the transformation I'm going through that a daily reminder on my wrist of what it is I'm doing ....<br />
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So off i went to North Shore ink in Waitara. I was nervous and excited all at once! My beautiful friend Jess came with me 8 1/2 months pregnant!<br />
I met with Lee he sketched my tattoo , and after some careful placements off we went.....<br />
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It wasn't till Lee had nearly finished, that i noticed under his collar a chest tattoo. It said "tattooing saved my life". We chatted about the significance to him for this tattoo, and how we both appreciated the ink we now wore.<br />
He had a bad childhood and was on the wrong side of life, so to speak. There was no career direction for him, and one day a friend said to him; "What are you going to do with your life?" He could only reply- "Just keep drinking and drugging till i die". His friend offered him a job in Tattooing and Lee never looked back.<br />
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As i sat in the chair with a tear rolling down my face it reminded me just how short and precious life can be. Sometimes we are offered a suggested hand in life, but ultimately it's up to us to accept the offer/suggestion. Weather it's weight loss, career change- the theory is relevant to so many different aspects of life. For Lee had he not of accepted the offer-who knows where he could of been now! The good news is he did, and every day he's saving his own life through a passion of art.<br />
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So a funny thing happened on the way to work this Tattoo-ing day .... to explain i need to go back a few years- before my transformation.<br />
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From the age of 7 I've been a singer - stage mostly, some T.V and outdoor performances. About 4 years ago i stopped singing, not even in the shower, sometimes in the car but not much. <br />
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I've also started learning a lot from an amazing woman - <a href="http://www.emazon.tv/" target="_blank">Emazon</a>. she's taught me how to listen to myself, my greater mind, to seek the paths in life that I want, and not to follow the paths that the outside world potentials "made" me go on. The greater-mind only understands 2 things... Love & Freedom. Emma's explanation of freedom is to have your wings full spread, soaring across the sky.... when we deny our greater-mind our wigs a re tight closed, and blocked from being wide open.<br />
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So I'm driving along the freeway towards Sydney on a clear blue day, music was pumping , i felt so happy- and all i wanted to do was SING!! I turned off the radio and turned my voice recorder on my Iphone, and sung all my favorite songs that hadn't passed my lips in years! I remember leaning forward and looking at the sky with not a wisp of cloud..... until there was.<br />
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It was a pair of perfect spread wings! So defined and big and glorious and it was there just for me. Immediately i knew that having the music back in my voice was right for me. My greater-mind was having a party in my body and i was loving every second!<br />
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So when i went to get my wrist tattoo, it was only natural that i got this too!<br />
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I'm completely deaf in my left ear- so for me this tattoo is also about the fact i may not hear the music, but i will always feel it. <br />
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I was reminded last night whilst chatting to a lovely friend, just how much I aspire to be even 50% of what my inspirational celebrity role models are.<br />
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Dita, Audrey, Marilyn....<br />
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It's a 40's thing... that I've always had. One day a photo-shoot influencing Dita is a must :) <br />
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Rach-V2.0http://www.blogger.com/profile/01190142742987130387noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1759512358940062629.post-27374760548699451942013-03-28T14:32:00.000+11:002013-03-28T14:50:10.759+11:00A new home, a new leaf & a new life ....It's been a busy few weeks.<br />
First big wedding of 2013 for my business. Packed and sold my first home & moved into my new apartment.<br />
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But it's done. I did it. I made it through what i was deeming the hardest month this year for me! Back at work after 4 days off work for the move and my colleagues all think i look so happy :) and i FEEL so happy!<br />
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My apartment- all be it still half in boxes- is looking beautiful. It's so big for me that i forget where i am some times!<br />
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I get to wake up looking at the sunrise from the comfort of my pillow & doona... and i smile, and im happy and ready for what the works will throw at me!<br />
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It wasn't an easy 5 months getting to this point. it's been hard. really hard. for the most part i've put on a happy face, but pain is deep, and it runs true. It's also not over... i feel that sense of loss frequently, and i will for a long time to come.<br />
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On a positive note- over this stressful time , when i've not eaten as great as i could of, i've not gained weight! it means even under pressure.. I'VE GOT THIS! :) <br />
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My Healing has only just begun, there is much excitement ahead, things to learn, new people to meet, and many a new leaf to turn. But right now it feels good. <br />
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My next adventure (via my 34th birthday) is a trip to Brisbane for the <a href="http://www.emazon.tv/" target="_blank">Emazon- Stand your ground </a>4 day convention. It's going to be the place i learn more about who i am, who I'm going to be and where i've come from to get to this point. I'm excited to come home after those 4 days, fitter, healthier of mind, and with plans for my future spirit.<br />
These 4 days are going to be all about me, and no-one else. It's a TOTALLY selfish experience ! I'll put my self first on all levels... So be warned- don't expect much from me 18-23rd April.... get your birthday wishes in early people :) <br />
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When i return from Brisbane, i expect I'll be a force to be reckoned with, a changed (or changing) woman of mind and spirit! (to add to the ever changing body)<br />
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Whats' more in the past 5 months my friendships have grown. Those close to me that have been supportive- you know who you are, i love and adore each and everyone of you.<br />
And to Bec, for our mutual understanding and acceptance of each others changes, needs and growths. I'm so proud of us both! We've come so far- the only way is up Pickle- and I'm excited for us !! xx<br />
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So, this is where I'm at. an exciting place in my life, moving forward and not looking back.<br />
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Let the new leaf adventures begin!<br />
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